Telegram-herald., 1887-04-02
"NH0OPIHG IT UP"
Many 3 Ward Striker Gets IL
lis Work on tae Nominees.
TN F0lsuTIlt lPsl fl0l l0GE.
Hayor D.kenaa's Metaos Ct FikinS
tae 6o0ossrs-T Tee fs1lixnosrs
Make a Feeble k.ck-A Fs~
of the OHce Seekers
foftursA


TIE above hssa&s9l foem sent u this Of
fce yssssrisY is from tie pea II an as.
Known arthor. bai i Is sale 10 lay 1s blame
ieF tie ius.e.loa zt ths door 81 some a.uos-
Eio2s cspd. date who bad the bsriiha9d 70
yentaFs over oa ''shs ki~..o. zs lyoa ST. =
cslied. All asy tie q si1ikers. ten-
n8els aud Ilen II ailcFea iatlaeiloe summed
thea3Seiye. up9a that flofeagcf4ne tzfiaS
hands on every cznliisfe y ao e4saesAi -
pass that NAY zn3 eadezFcfng 81 secure
h5Odle foF the great vote = w4isa shsy ron-
tfoile1 The ward striker lice the Caiiless
should 20 lie Is a veriis5ie ugisance aud
a. snch should be promptly removed .fem
the streets by the Board 81 Health.
All sarls of runiors seie ah3at yesterday
and talk about clsi1ers conventions. lnde
pendent voters. aud straight Democrat aod
Orecnback tickets were waited o. the wings
OF gossip. meeting WAS ANNOUNCED a. the
Council rooms for las night. called
by Jim Fox. Of the Ihind
Wand. ~ho ielt sggrieyed 81 tie
great aud glorious Democratic party, tuck
lne Itself 20 bed on the same ma iTsss with
Greenbackism. Seven men. q dog. two re
poFlers ani TIE Janitor. constituted the
great mass convention of citizens. aud the
eleven felt too che3p 10 engage ia the de
nonDc.ng business 50 after waiting until
S.35 for Fox 70 put in his appearance. took
their April foo" gracefully and sneske1 10
their homes by circultOus routes. While
waiting for the convention 70 assume
propositions, the Delegates chiunei
among themselves. Adrian aud Levi
Johnson pleaded for Democracy pure aud
unadulterated Dr. J Beufum said il Was
an insult TO 1900 Hollanders aud 300
Irish in the great and glorious city OF the
Grand River and Sandhilis OF k0komo. TO
place a ticket before the voters without a
representative Of either class on H. he
preferred Republican victory rather than
humbling himself before the royal throne
OF dud. dic'afion. The balance Of those
pre- ent seemed in the same spirit. aud De-
ing too few in number 20 iDiure ANYBODY.
they resolved an inward resolve TO light
like cusses inoessantlY unti the pools
closed, their particular efforts being directed
10 cutting the GreenbacSers or the Union
ticket
The city btilding was thronged with pol
iticians. candidates and croaaers all osy.
Johnny Beiknap had so many callers 10
'ottend to- that be turned over the entire
business of his Office TO Deputy Morrison,
the nervy Democrat who was willing 10 run
for Clerk on q straight Democratic ticket.
provided fusion was not accomplished and
| John did not want 10. Mayor Dikeman
hustled" all dav and made several calls at
the different places of registration. The
report that Geo. G.. Sieketee bad consented
to head the prohibition ticket seemed TO
ruffie him for while but not enough %
wcsken his confidence. lie had several
| suggestive applications for his slips and TO
applicants OF this character he gave Dam
ham pastors instead OF his own. He
| was in the city building several
| times during the day, passed few
minutes swapping pointers with tue
| Board OF Review aud the City Clerk. lie
spent an hour in the Council Chamber
offered a favorable criticism o. the Genten-
NAL painting OF George Washington in the
! rear of the room, and suggested that With
little touching up. il would be worthy of a
| place in the new City Hal. he hoped that
| the hall would be dedicated on July !. 1851,
as that would be the anniversary Of his
birth. lie walked over through the Arcade
and crossed LyOn-st. the "Rislto' OF the
politicians. Peter Martin stood near Kent.
St, IN a position that was more dramatic
than il was graceful Jim MckeiYer,
who has thrown away ambition a. far as
the glory in II X concerned, was close a;
| hand with disappointed member
OF the COMMITTEES Of Il. They
watched the Mayor with evident FEELINGS Of
| announcement and expectancy. the Mayor
knew OF The experiences oi Lyman Kinney
| and others who had visited the 'Rialio
| Just prior 10 fOrnier election days and
prudenilg turned into Caual.st. Here al
trace OF his Honor's subsequent movements
were lost
| In al OF the gossip about the city build
| ing prohibition was frequently alluded "a
! and there was nothing said that would en-
courage the advocate OF cold water. Judge
| Parrish seemed sersnely happy aud sat in
his Office corr iorts5ly smoking long stem
| ed pipe, listening te Hon T. y. Church
| tell funny stories. The Julre no, being =
| candidate sor anything was LEFT alone sni
| undisiurbsd bY ne crowd in other parts
| OF the building 80 SIX" thugs.ss. William
D1nham i5.n0t losing any time. de spent al
| o. yesterday i- mskinc calls and express
ed himself con ident 81 running ahead Of
| bis ticket on the West Side. where ae has
| business interests.